#512BA6#512BA6

#512BA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.183 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#512BA6
RGB	rgb(81, 43, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 46.47, -59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 75.80, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0634 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.183 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1382, 6.2298, 36.6846)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#512BA6 #80A62B

analogous

#2B42A6 #512BA6 #8E2BA6

triadic

#512BA6 #A6512B #2BA651

tetradic

#512BA6 #A62B42 #80A62B #2BA68E

square

#512BA6 #A62B42 #80A62B #2BA68E

split-complementary

#512BA6 #A68E2B #42A62B

monochromatic

#221245 #391E75 #512BA6 #6C41CE #9271DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#512BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#512BA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #512BA6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##512BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##512BA6	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #512ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 43, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.183 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b68c1',
    500: '#512ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #512ba6;
$custom-light: #8b68c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#512ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.537,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41711,
    "c": 0.18329,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#512BA6

secondary

#A7C16B

accent

#E246B2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #512BA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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